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Comments on MetaFilter post Way Down in the Hole, Bitch!Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:34:57 -0800Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:34:57 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Way Down in the Hole, Bitch!http://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch
<a href="http://youtu.be/97PxJ-_6JwM">Titles sequences</a> for all five series of <em>Breaking Bad</em> in the style of <em>The Wire</em> (SLYT)post:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:27:50 -0800fearfulsymmetryBreakingBadTheWireWayDownInTheHoleYoutubeTelevisionBy: Artwhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729069
So, my catch up veiwing of the year has been seasons 1-4 of both of those. It's been a pretty great experience.
Though WTF on The Wire Season 5 title sequence, that one SUCKs. Probably a big part on why I stalled out on it.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729069Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:34:57 -0800ArtwBy: Artwhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729079
Oh, and nice title.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729079Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:39:07 -0800ArtwBy: Egg Shenhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729090
Just 215 days to go.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729090Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:41:26 -0800Egg ShenBy: ReeMonsterhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729110
Haha.. that's funny, because whenever I'd watch an episode of Breaking Bad with my roommate, I'd inevitably exclaim.. "The Wire, it ain't!"comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729110Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:51:52 -0800ReeMonsterBy: Artwhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729140
"Not The Wire" covers a lot of ground.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729140Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:07:49 -0800ArtwBy: inigo2http://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729142
<a href="https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/11/16/tYzmeZs7TEKL-zS3WFLQKA2.jpg">There's too much negativity in that show</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729142Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:09:35 -0800inigo2By: fearfulsymmetryhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729152
"Not The Wire" = Everything except <em>Boardwalk Empire</em> (IMHO), though <em>Breaking Bad</em> does get awful close and bits of the link reminded me that is has some of the best cinematography etc in any television series ever, better that <em>The Wire</em> on that scorecomment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729152Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:15:45 -0800fearfulsymmetryBy: leotrotskyhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729193
I know nothing about cinematography, but <em>Breaking Bad</em> is the only show I've ever watched where I've been amazed by how incredible the camera work is.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729193Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:33:55 -0800leotrotskyBy: mannequitohttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729214
<small>*sets alarm clock for 215 days from now, crawls into bed with bong*</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729214Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:46:04 -0800mannequitoBy: shakespeherianhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729215
What the-- <em>Waiting for Godot</em>?! This ain't <em>The Wire</em>!comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729215Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:46:23 -0800shakespeherianBy: Artwhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729235
I bet the cast of The Wire either wound up in that or will wind up in that eventually.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729235Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:53:18 -0800ArtwBy: Artwhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729257
Hamlet may have been The Wire... in its day!comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729257Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:00:20 -0800ArtwBy: fearfulsymmetryhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729264
<em>I bet the cast of The Wire either wound up in that or will wind up in that eventually.</em>
<a href="http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2012/10/wendell_pierce_explains_waitin.html">Wendell Pierce explains 'Waiting for Godot'</a> This is meta as fuckcomment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729264Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:03:27 -0800fearfulsymmetryBy: Artwhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729273
Wow.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729273Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:07:56 -0800ArtwBy: Joakim Zieglerhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729366
Breaking Bad has great cinematography, but shit titles (which makes this most welcome). I mean, seriously, those titles look like someone spent all of one hour in After Effects. The lines of the two boxes (Br and Ba) don't even line up where they meet.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729366Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:55:01 -0800Joakim ZieglerBy: King Beehttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729376
That was really well done, especially with the recurring "glass"-breaking in each of the openings. I was thinking going into it, "how are they going to do that?" Then they did.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729376Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:57:26 -0800King BeeBy: Artwhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729446
I do kind of like the element quiz aspect of the current titles and post titles credits.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729446Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:32:50 -0800ArtwBy: eyeballkidhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729505
This pleases me greatly.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729505Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:03:48 -0800eyeballkidBy: Halloween Jackhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729695
I've never even watched <em>The Wire</em> (I know, <em>I know</em>), and I thought that this was great.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729695Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:54:53 -0800Halloween JackBy: Artwhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4729769
I was once like you...comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4729769Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:26:30 -0800ArtwBy: Burhanistanhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4730154
Who gives a shit if Breaking Bad isn't The Wire? It's good entertainment so stop with the lame cooler-than-thou kneejerk.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4730154Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:17:48 -0800BurhanistanBy: malapropisthttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4730179
Man, yeah, that season 5 intro song is terrible, isn't it? It's funny, because it was sung by Steve Earle, who actually plays a role in the Wire, as a friend of Bubbles who holds NA meetings. It seems like they just wanted him to do a cover of that song, no matter how out of character it was compared to the other 4 seasons' versions.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4730179Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:07:06 -0800malapropistBy: vhsivhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4730204
<em> Breaking Bad</em> is the <em>Anti</em>-Wire. Instead of following a dedicated squad of Law Enforcement professionals in Baltimore, Md. you're following a pair of entrepreneurial Meth Chemists in New Mexico.
Legitimate innovation is as flat as interest rates at the bank, so people have had to go outside the law in order to find a windfall.
I've always thought that <em> Breaking Bad</em> was an apt shift in focus, given the state of our economy after 2 unfunded wars, the giveaways of the Bush Tax Cuts and the $12bn in cash left on the tarmac at Baghdad Intn'l airport in 2007. It seemed logical that the only way to make any money after being wiped out by a medical emergency -- Walt's diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer -- was to go BIG, and <em>off</em> of the books.
<em>THAT</em>'s the resonance of <em>Breaking Bad</em>: An ordinary schoolteacher must become a Military-style contractor in order to keep his head above water in a post-Bush II economy.
<small>(Why aren't the Tea Partiers lining up at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX to complain about GWB's poor investments? If they're going to complain, they ought to start with the guy that set it off, instead off pretending that he never existed?)</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4730204Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:48:49 -0800vhsivBy: benzo8http://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4730371
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4730179">malapropist</a>: "<i>Man, yeah, that season 5 intro song is terrible, isn't it? It's funny, because it was sung by Steve Earle, who actually plays a role in the Wire, as a friend of Bubbles who holds NA meetings. It seems like they just wanted him to do a cover of that song, no matter how out of character it was compared to the other 4 seasons' versions</i>"
And we can up the meta again as Steve Earle also played Harley in "Treme", where Wendell Pierce plays Antoine Baptiste a character who appeared in a fictionalised version of "Waiting For Godot, which, as we all know, 'ain't The Wire'...comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4730371Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:59:59 -0800benzo8By: King Beehttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4730419
<i>Man, yeah, that season 5 intro song is terrible, isn't it?</i>
Is this some widely regarded truth I am unaware of? I loved Earle's version.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4730419Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:32:07 -0800King BeeBy: fearfulsymmetryhttp://www.metafilter.com/122820/Way-Down-in-the-Hole-Bitch#4733175
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyBmUUTfew">Breaking Abbey - Colbert Report</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.122820-4733175Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:03:48 -0800fearfulsymmetry